Page-18 of Current Affairs - July, 2015

Legendary Egyptian actor Omar Sharif passes away

July 10, 2015

Legendary Egyptian actor Omar Sharif passed away due to a heart attack in Cairo. He was 83. He was best known for his roles in classic films Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and Doctor Zhivago (1965). These movies had soared him ..

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Indigenously developed surface-to-air Akash Missile inducted in IAF

July 10, 2015

Indigenously developed supersonic surface-to-air Akash Missile has been inducted in Indian Air Force (IAF). The Akash missile was inducted by Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar at a function held at Maharajpur Airbase in Gwalior after he handed over the symbolic ..

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Uttarakhand gets India’s first earthquake early warning system

July 10, 2015

Uttarakhand became first Indian state to install a system to detect earthquakes and disseminate warnings. The first system has been installed in its capital Dehradun which will issue warnings 1-40 seconds before earthquakes of magnitude 5 or more occur. The ..

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Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka sets record for spending longest time in space

July 10, 2015

Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka has set a Guinness World Record for spending longest time in space with a total of 804 days as on July 2015. With this he broke the previous record of 803 days, nine hours and 41 ..

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MoUs inked to address Chemical Industry’s need of Skilled Manpower

July 10, 2015

Union Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) and Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (MCF) signed MoUs to address the Industry’s need of Skilled Manpower. These MoUs will enhance strategic tie between both parties to scale up skill development and ..

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Healthcare firm Practo acquires tech start-up Genii

July 10, 2015

Healthcare firm Practo has acquired Mumbai based Genii, a technology services start-up focused on product design and development. With this acquisition, Genii’s founders Varun Vohra and Aditya Anand and their 11 member team will join Bengaluru based Practo. Currently, Practo ..

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Rahul Bhatnagar named as new MD and CFO of Bharti Enterprises

July 10, 2015

Rahul Bhatnagar was named as new Managing Director (MD) and chief financial officer (CFO) of Bharti Enterprises. He succeeds Manoj Kohli, who was recently appointed as executive chairman, SBG Cleantech a Joint Venture (JV) between Bharti Enterprises, Japan’s telecom major ..

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Notable Urdu poet Bashar Navaaz passes away

July 9, 2015

Notable Urdu poet, critic and orator Bashar Navaaz passed away in Aurangabad, Maharashtra. He was 80 years old. He was known as an Indo Pak shayar as his gazals are popular in India as well as Pakistan. About Bashar Navaaz ..

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India, US ink inter-governmental agreement to implement FATCA

July 9, 2015

India and United States have signed inter-governmental agreement to implement the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). It was signed by Revenue Secretary Shaktikanta Das and US Ambassador to India Richard Verma in New Delhi. The agreement will promote transparency ..

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UNESCO names 24 new world heritage sites

July 9, 2015

39th session World Heritage Committee (WHC) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, (UNESCO) has inscribed 24 new sites into the World Heritage List. Decision in this regard was taken at WHC’s annual meeting held in Bonn, Germany. ..

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